Incredible
Franciscan Order, a property magnate in Spain takes to evicting the poor
First victim after the eviction moratorium ends: a religious order with more than 300 apartments evicts Mariano
"He is the first of a list of 60,000 people who could be evicted from their homes" by the votes of the PP, Vox, and Junts
Last Tuesday, the People's Party (PP), Vox, and Junts per Catalunya joined forces in the Congress of Deputies to overturn the social safety net, which included the eviction moratorium designed to protect vulnerable families. This Thursday, Mariano Ordaz faces the first eviction of the more than 60,000 that could occur after the suspension ends. A 66-year-old resident of the Embajadores neighborhood in Madrid faces eviction from the home he has lived in since birth, the same home his grandmother and parents once shared.
The speculator behind the eviction is the Venerable Third Order (VOT), a Franciscan religious institution that owns more than 300 apartments in central Madrid alone. This speculative accumulation of a basic necessity directly contradicts the …
Socialism is candy coated communism. Unfortunately, socialism is quickly gaining ground in once Catholic nations.
It’s always more complex
Stereotyping and scapegoating .... again.
German and Austrian Catholics against vast right-wing conspiracy
Statement by the Presidium of Catholic Action Austria (KAÖ) and the Presidium of the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK)
For a Catholicism of Universal Human Dignity
KAÖ and ZdK against Neo-Integralism, Right-Wing Extremism, and Right-Wing Populism.
May 8, 2026
Catholic Action Austria (KAÖ) and the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK) stand for a socio-political Catholicism that courageously raises its voice for an inclusive and socially just society and for a liberal-democratic legal order, publicly advocates for its convictions, and articulates them in public discourse.
Therefore, both organizations formulate the following guiding principles and common positions:
KAÖ and ZdK are committed to democracy.
In a democracy, the best solutions are sought through debate. Majorities are formed that make decisions in accordance with universal fundamental rights. Minorities are protected. Rights are enforceable and apply to everyone. It is the best form of government, one that the …
Do you think it's maybe time we replace word "modernist" with "heretic" or are we still scared to use the h word?
German and French bishops have been stirring up modernist ideas for for a century.
Immoral
BDSM Group gets a stand at German National Catholic Congress
Sadomasochism at the Catholic Congress: BDSM Group gets a stand on the Church Mile
Have Courage, Stand Up
Promoting the Congress on Würzburg Cathedral
That may be a Cross on the right- or not as the case may be
The "Ecumenical Working Group on BDSM and Christianity" is also represented at the German Catholic Congress in Würzburg. The group deals with "sadomasochistic sexual preferences" from a Christian perspective. As early as 2025, the Evangelical Newspaper reported favorably on them – including bondage and polyamory within the church community.
The 104th German Catholic Congress is taking place in Würzburg this year. From May 13th to 17th, believers, church groups, associations, and initiatives will gather there. There will be church services, discussions, political debates, a cultural program – and a large church mile.
Among them is a group one wouldn't necessarily expect to find amidst the Rosary, Caritas, and Bible stands: the "Ecumenical Working Group on BDSM and Christianity …
Pope Leo defends Pope Benedict
The future Pope Leo defended Pope Benedict XVI’s Regensburg speech in 2006
Benedict XVI's Regensburg Address caused a global uproar in 2006.
The whole address in English
A quote about Muhammad fueled Islamic-Christian conflicts. The current Pope Leo XIV defended Benedict early on.
The current Pope Leo XIV defended the controversial Regensburg Address of Pope Benedict XVI from 2006 early on. This is evident from a lecture given in Brno (Czech Republic) by the then-Augustinian Superior Robert Prevost on September 25, 2006, two weeks after the Pope's Regensburg Address. It is included in a book published on Monday, which presents contributions by the current Pope from the years 2001 to 2013.
In his address, Prevost said: "We all know what happened after the speech: Because of a quote taken out of context—let's leave aside the question of whether it was opportune or not—protests were triggered in the Islamic world."
Prevost believes Benedict was misunderstood
After describing these protests, Prevost continued by observing that few had grasped the central point of …
Prevost attacked the Pope, twisted his words and lied about pagan religions. So plainly he didn't defend him. If he wanted to defend him he would have simply pointed out that the violent protest that resulted in a muder of a Catholic nun and widesread destruction of property was an apt demonstration of the truth of Popes Benedict's address. In other words QED.
The way they think
Our Lady, leader of a vast right-wing conspiracy
“The Virgin Mary is a central figure in neo-traditionalism.”
The Virgin Mary occupies a crucial place in Catholicism, even more so within its conservative and traditionalist wing. Why? How is this manifested today? David Douyère, a specialist in contemporary Catholicism, offers some answers.
“The Virgin Mary is not co-redemptrix,” asserted the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) in the doctrinal note Mater Populi Fidelis, published in November 2025. The document aimed to clarify the Magisterium’s position on the status and role of Mary, reiterating that, according to the Catholic faith, “only God can bestow grace.”
This high-level theological text may have seemed secondary at first glance, but it provoked numerous reactions. A wave of indignation at this “degradation” of the Virgin Mary came primarily from conservative circles within the Church. To better understand this phenomenon, cath.ch gathered an analysis from David Douyère, professor of information and communication …
Dignare me laudare te, Virgo sacrata.
Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos.
From the writings of Saint Alphonsus Liguori:
Now, as the King of Heaven is Infinite Goodness itself, He desires to enrich us with His graces, but as great confidence on our part is necessary to obtain them, He has, in order to increase our confidence, has given us His Own Mother as our Mother and mediatrix to assist us. Therefore He wishes us to place our hope of salvation and of all goods and graces in Her.
Lost sight of the purpose of Catholic life.
May is Mary's Month but in the Diocese of Gurk-Klagenfurt, it is the Month of Cabaret and Stand-up
May is Mary's Month but in the Diocese of Gurk-Klagenfurt, it is the Month of Cabaret and Stand-up
In May, the church space will be transformed into an "art space" for cabaret, music, theater, and art.
Following a successful premiere last year, the Cathedral Festival in St. Andrä is entering its second season: Starting May 1, the church space will once again become an "art space" for cabaret, music, theater, and art, in addition to its liturgical function during the Marian month. The Cathedral Festival will open on Friday, May 1, at 6:30 PM with the art exhibition "Cathedral Art II" entitled "Metamorphoses." Works by Oto Rimele, Sandi Cervek, Walter Melcher, Lojze Logar, Gotthard Schatz, Dusan Fiser, and Manfred Mörth will be on display. At 7:30 p.m., the first official concert will begin, featuring Lavanttal artist Edgar Unterkirchner with Echoloft.
Further concerts on the program include Anna Buchegger, winner of the 2021 Starmania casting show, and Stippich & Stippich, who will bring …
This did not happen overnight. It has taken several generations for these pagan customs to overcome Catholic ones, and sadly, very few Catholics tried to stop it.